When she later called an electrician, he accompanied the electrician to Pallavi's residence and stealthily took the house keys.

Later he entered her house using the keys and tried to force himself on her. When she resisted, Mogul stabbed her to death before fleeing.

According to the joint commissioner of police (crime) Himanshu Roy, "Mogul grievously harmed her in a manner from which she could not recover".

He was apprehended before he could escape to his home state.

Mogul had refuted the allegations and his lawyer Wahab Khan had argued that it was Avik Sengupta who killed her in their flat.

"For two years, my and Avik's family have gone through a lot of trauma. I have lost my daughter and would be son-in law," said Pallavi's mother Sumita, director general with the ministry of telecommunication.